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I 0 6i F B I SEATTLE ~
~ 650 PM URGENT 1O/23/68 §¬W '
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TO DIRECTOR AND BOSTON
A FROM SEATTLE /2PG/ H
uusus; THREAT T0 LIFE OF SENATOR EDWARD/KENNEDY AND FAMILY» OCTOBER
TWENTYFIUE SIXTYEIGHTQ MISCELLANEOUS-
INSPECTOR IEDMQNTDN, ALBERTA; c1TY_PQL1¢§,
TELEPHONICALLY FURNISHED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TODAY:
ON OCTOBER TWENTYONE SIXTYEIGHTA HIS DEPARTMENT~RECEIVED TWO- 1
ANONYMOUS LETTERS WHICH STATED: IN-LETTER~NUMBER ONE: "TO WHOM IT M
CONCERN: ASSASSINATION FOR KENNEDY NUMBER THREE-WITHIN TWENTYFOUR
Houas 0? THE DAY OCTOBER TwENTYFIFTH'NIN§T§EN s1xt1g1§HT- ALL KENNE
RESIDENTS ARE IN DANGER ON THAT DAY." -
I LETTER NUMBER TWO: POSTMARKED OCTOBER NINETEEN NINETEEN SIXTYE
STATED "TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, A WARNINO TO THE KENNEDYS. JOHN<KEN
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NUMBER ONE ASSASSINATED; ROBERT KENNEDY NUMBER TWO ASSASSINATED, TE
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FIFTH,NINETEEN SIXTYEIGHT- THE KENNEDY RESIDENCEDATE OE OCTOBER TW
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LETTER NUMBER THREE RECEIVED TODAY BY THE
JOURNAL NEWSRAPER: WRICH STATES "ASSASSINATION
TWENTYFIVE WITRIN THE TWENTYFOUR HOURS OF THE DAY OCTOBER
SIXTYEIGHT- THE KENNEDY RESIDENTS WILL BE IN GREAT DANGER
~DAY OCTOBERjTWENTYFIFTH NINETEEN SIXTYEIGHTO" *
DETTER NUMBER FOUR RECEIVED BY SEATTLE 05910; 05 551
STATES "T0 WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. ASSASSINATION FOR KENNEDY< . ,, - _- .- --.
WITHIN THE TWENTYFOUR HOURS OF THE DAY OCTOBER TWENTYEIVE
THE KENNEDY RESIDENTS WILL BE IN GREAT DANGER DURINO THAT
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TWENTYFIFTH NINETEEN SIXTYEIGHT.EDITOR OF THE EDMONTON
FOR KENNEDY NUMBER THREE
NINETEEN
DURING THAT_
TODAY: WHICH
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92, LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND THE OFFICE OF SENATOR EDWARD KENNEDY} DUTTE

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UNITED STATES DEPART192IENT OF JUSTICE
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UNKNOWN SUBJECT .
THREAT TO LIP or
SENATOR EDJPrD KENNEDY
AND FAMILY -
Q?TQE§E_2§>_¥%§¬ ____ _;
4 On October 23, 1968, Inspector[ _ I ii,
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, City Police Department, advised
the Seattle office of the FBI of the following information:
_ On October 21, 1968, his department received two
-anonymous 1etterS. letter No. 1_stated, To whom It May ,
Concern, Assassination for Kennedy No. 3 within twentyfour
. hours of the day October 25, 1968. All Kennedy residents
are in danger on that day, -
Letter No, 2, postmarked October 19, 1968,.stated,
"To whom It May Concern, A warning to the Kennedys. John_
Kennedy, No. 1, assassinated; Robert Kennedy, No. 2, assassi-
nated; Ted Kennedy, No. 3, to be assassinated on a set date
of October 25, 1968. The Kennedy residence must be well
protected on that date." 2 &#39; , &#39; 3
1 &#39; On October 23, 1968, the editor of the Edmonton
Journal Newspaper received a letter which stated,_"Assassi
nation of Kennedy No, 3 within the twentyfour hours of the
day October 25, 1968, ,The Kennedy residents will be in
great danger during that day October 25, 1968." »
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6 On October 23, 1968, the Seattle office of the FBI
received a letter which stated, "To whom It May Concern, D
Assassination for Kennedy&#39;No. 3 within the twentyfour hours
of the day October 25, 1968. The Kennedy residents will be
in great danger during&#39;that day October 25, 1968."- _ d 1
C _ on October 2d, 1968 a Special Agent of the FBI
iadvised Deputy George.Murphy, Hyannis, Massachusetts, Police
Department at 9:15 a. m. of the above threat to Senator 92KennedY. _ 3 * _ 1" Qf;Z3~4/§?aé{%@Z
t On October 21%, 1968, a sipecial Agentadvised Assistant Agent in Charge, Edward Sweene% iii t 3Seryice, Boston, Massachusetts, at 8:M5 a. m. of E8 E ~information : 3 _ lg _ D5Bureau n 8&#39; "- &#39; . 8 L . /i;;é:;:

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UNKNOWN SUBJECT
THREAT TO LIFE OP
SENATOR EDWARD KENNEDY
AND FAMILY
9§§9§§§_Z§1 1968 ~
&#39; On October 2%, 1968, a §pecia1 Agent of the FBI
advised the office-of U; S, Senator Edward Moore Kennedy,
John F. Kennedy Federal Building, Boston, Massachusetts,
at 10:05 a. m, of the above information. &#39;
-_It was ascertained at this time that Senator
Kennedy would be in Boston on the afternoon of October 2%,
1968, to make a public appearance at New Bedford, Massachusetts,
and that he would be in Massachusetts on the fo1lowins.day.
His itinerary did not call for any trip to the west Coast.
0n October 24, 1968, a special agent of the FBI"
advised the Boston, Massachusetts, Police Department at;
10:15 a. m. of the above information. E w» _
" A This document contains neither recommendations
. - nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of
the FBI and-is loaned to your agency; it and its
contents are not to be distributed outside your
agency, 0 A . _ ~
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